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Sources of History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Symbols of kings and gods were punched on ________ in earlier times.

a)

Toys

b)

Coins

c)

Pottery

d)

Jewellery

2.

Stories,songs,folk tales and poems are _______ sources of history.

a)

oral

b)

archaeological

3.

Writing on walls,caves and wooden tablets are called as

a)

artefacts

b)

inscriptions

c)

monuments

d)

oral sources

4.

Literary sources refer to written records that tell us about people and events of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Historical sources are kept in

a)

museums

b)

stores

c)

market

6.

........................ is an example of the autobiography of the Mughal Emperor.

a)

Akburnama

b)

Baburnama

c)

Rajatarangini

7.

Identify which sources of history is shown in the picture above.

a)

Fossils

b)

Artefacts

c)

Newspapers

d)

Buildings

8.

Identify which sources of history is shown in the picture above.

a)

Myths

b)

Buildings

c)

Monuments

9.

History is the study of the ----------

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

10.

All of these are types of written sources except...

a)

Newspapers

b)

Personal letters

c)

Books

d)

Oral songs

11.

Pottery is an example of archaeological sources.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A historian depends on both archaeological and literary sources to understand the past.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

We should not respect and preserve our sources of history.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Numismatics is the study of _______

a)

Books

b)

Maps

c)

Coins

d)

Bones

15.

Read the following statement and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion.

“Mango is the best fruit”

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

16.

Which among these are Chinese travellers?

a)

Bruce Lee & Jackie Chan

b)

Fa Hien & Hiuen Tsang

c)

Sun Tzu & Bruce Lee

d)

Fa Hien & Jackie Chan

17.

Historical sources are kept in ------------

a)

Museums

b)

Market

c)

None of the above

18.

Literary evidence consists of...........

a)

Plays

b)

Novels

c)

Biographies and epics

d)

All of the above

19.

_____________________are information passed through verbal means or words of mouth.

a)

Written sources

b)

Oral sources

c)

Writings

d)

A document

20.

____________________ are the working materials a historian uses in writing about the past.

a)

History

b)

Types of history

c)

Sources of history

d)

Storytelling